According to reports by the Feminist School, Khandan was arrested after referring to the prosecutor’s office in compliance with a summon he had received last week. According to Khandan he was charged with “encouraging public opinion and publishing lies” and a $50,000.- USD bail was issued as condition for his release. Khandan also reported that the guarantee provided by Giti Sotoudeh, Nasrin Sotoudeh’s sister was rejected by the Judge and as a result, Khandan’s family were forced to present an alternative guarantor for his bail. Khandan was finally released this afternoon based on the second guarantee. It is worth mentioning that Khandan was summoned to the Prosecutor’s office in Evin prison after his wife’s sentence was announced.

Nasrin Sotoudeh, a lawyer and human rights activist remains in solitary confinement in Evin prison, despite international pressures and the fact that she launched numerous hunger strikes in protest to the illegal nature of the charges against her. Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested on September 4th. She was sentenced to 11 years in prison and banned from practicing law and leaving the country for 20 years.